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mystifying [mis-tuh-fahy]
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mystify [mis-tuh-fahy]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bewilder, confuse
Synonyms: baffle, bamboozle*, beat*, befog, buffalo, confound, deceive, elude, escape, floor*, fog in, hoodwink*, lick*, lie, perplex, puzzle, stump, throw*, trick
Antonyms: clear up, enlighten, explain, explicate
Main Entry: baffle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: perplex
Synonyms: addle, amaze, astound, befuddle, bewilder, buffalo, confound, confuse, daze, disconcert, dumbfound, elude, embarrass, faze, floor*, get, mix up, muddle, mystify, nonplus, puzzle, rattle, stick*, stump, stun, throw
Antonyms: clear up, enlighten, explain
Main Entry: baffling
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: puzzling
Synonyms: abstruse, bewildering, beyond one, confusing, difficult to understand, enigmatic, hard to understand, incomprehensible, mystifying, over one's head, perplexing, unclear, unfathomable
Antonyms: clear, comprehensible
Main Entry: bamboozle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: fool; cheat
Synonyms: baffle, befuddle, bilk, con, confound, confuse, deceive, defraud, delude, dupe, flimflam, hoax, hoodwink*, hornswoggle, mystify, perplex, puzzle, stump, swindle, trick
Antonyms: be honest
Main Entry: bewilder
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: confuse
Synonyms: addle, baffle, ball up, befuddle, bemuse, confound, daze, disconcert, distract, floor*, fluster, mess with one's head, mix up, muddle, mystify, perplex, puzzle, rattle, snow*, stump, stupefy, throw, upset
Antonyms: clear up, explain, orient
Main Entry: confound
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: confuse
Synonyms: abash, amaze, astonish, astound, baffle, befog, bewilder, blend, bug*, commingle, confute, discombobulate, discomfit, discountenance, dumbfound, embarrass, faze, fiddle, flabbergast, jumble, metagrobolize, misidentify, mix, mix up, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, rattle, screw up, startle, surprise, throw*
Antonyms: clarify, clear up, enlighten, explain, make clear, relate
Main Entry: confuse
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bewilder someone
Synonyms: abash, addle, amaze, astonish, baffle, becloud, bedevil, befuddle, bemuse, cloud, clutter, complicate, confound, darken, daze, demoralize, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, disorient, distract, embarrass, faze, fluster, fog, frustrate, fuddle, involve, lead astray, mess up*, misinform, mislead, mortify, muddle, mystify, nonplus, obscure, perplex, perturb, puzzle, rattle, render uncertain, shame, stir up, stump, throw off, throw off balance, trouble, unhinge, unsettle, upset, worry
Antonyms: clarify, clear up, enlighten, explain
Main Entry: cryptic
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: secret; obscure in meaning
Synonyms: Delphian, Delphic, abstruse, ambiguous, apocryphal, arcane, cabalistic, dark, enigmatic, equivocal, esoteric, evasive, hidden, incomprehensible, inexplicable, murky, mysterious, mystic, mystical, mystifying, occult, opaque, oracular, perplexing, puzzling, recondite, secretive, strange, tenebrous, unclear, unfathomable, uninformative, vague, veiled
Notes: cryptic coloration helps conceal an animal; phaneric coloration makes an animal stand out
Antonyms: clear, obvious, plain, seen, straightforward
Main Entry: dark
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: hidden, secret
Synonyms: Delphian, abstruse, anagogic, arcane, cabalistic, complicated, concealed, cryptic, deep, enigmatic, esoteric, intricate, knotty, mysterious, mystic, mystical, mystifying, not known, obscure, occult, puzzling, recondite
Antonyms: apparent, distinct, evident, manifest, plain, visible
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